August 19, 2001
TOP ADVISERS BREAK THE MOLD
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHE vast majority of financial advisers did not make money for their clients last year. But that doesn't mean investors can't find an adviser who's capable of giving strong market...
ADRS: INVESTORS' PASSPORTS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amAMARIN Corp., a small-cap pharmaceutical company, is one of the best performers in the Nasdaq composite in 2001, with a year-to-date gain of 244.55 percent. Never heard of Amarin? That's...
SCHOOL'S OUT AT EDISON AND IT'S GRADE TIME
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S report card time for Edison Schools. Parents, students, teachers and investors may want to pay attention this week when the biggest name in for-profit education, with 113 schools across...
TIMING IS KING AT EATON VANCE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHE timing couldn't have been better for shareholders in the Eaton Vance Growth & Income fund. In late 1999, the fund changed portfolio managers, with Michael Mach, a value-oriented investor,...
BULL'S EYE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amUBS IS PROUD OF ITS NEW HIRES - NO, SCRATCH THAT UBS WARBURG is darn proud of its campaign to beef up its work force even as other Wall Street...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE - ELIIZABETH BERKLEY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amIf you're like most people, you thought "Showgirls" would put an end to Elizabeth Berkley's career as an actress. The 1995 film is practically a punch line when it comes...
'WONDER DEARS' - NOSTALGIC LOOK AT GROWING UP GIRL-ISH IN THE '60S IS A SURPRISE HIT
August 19, 2001 | 4:00am'STATE of Grace" came along at a serendipitous time for Fox Family Channel and the show's creators, Brenda Lilly and Hollis Rich. Not only has the family-friendly drama made a...
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amNo, "The Senator Was Indiscreet" was not inspired by the Gary Condit scandal.It's a hilarious (and nearly forgotten) 1947 movie satire about a blustery, not-too-bright U.S. senator (William Powell, of...
'SEAGULL' STARGAZING A FLIGHT OF FANCY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amYoung or old, man or woman, sophisticated or not quite so, we are all reduced to stargazing when it comes to the performing arts. I was thinking of this when...
HOLLYWOOD RAT RACE GETS CHEESY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amEntertainment has undergone a seismic shift in the 21st century - and it's driving our stars off the deep end. Gone are the days when acting, singing and dancing put...
FIRE IN THESE MATCHES? IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amSometimes I wish you could just skip the first date and move straight on to the next. In the same way that a first night of sex with someone is...
'SILENT' PARTNERSHIP - DIMWITTED 'CLERKS' PALS JAY AND BOB 'STRIKE BACK' IN THEIR FIFTH COMEDY FLICK
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHEY may be the unlikeliest comedy duo ever to appear in a movie, let alone five, but the partnership of Kevin Smith and his longtime pal Jason Mewes looks like...
MAKING MERRY WITH MIRAMAX
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amKevin Smith isn't afraid to bite the hand that feeds him - "Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back" makes several jokes at the expense of Miramax, the studio that's backed...
MUTT'S IN A NAME? - HOW TO COME UP WITH A MONIKER THAT'S AS SPECIAL AS YOUR PET
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amFido, Fluffy, Polly enough with the predictable pet names. Why not call a dog Belle, or a cat Duke, or a parrot Sparky? For animal lovers, naming the beasts is...
NEW MERCHANTS MENU A GYM DANDY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amMerchants 1125 First Ave., at 62nd Street (212) 832-1551 ------ If you're looking for a way to kick-start a buff fall, Meals & Deals submits the following proposal: Beginning tomorrow...
SCOUNDRELS AWAIT IN CYBERSPACE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amBuyers, beware! Yes, you can save big money, beat out other bidders and become an instant collector of, say, martini glasses from the 1920s, but shopping on eBay is also...
ADDICTED TO EBAY - SHOPPING ON INTERNET AUCTION SITE'S A HARD HABIT TO BREAK
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amIt was 4 p.m. on a Thursday, and my hands started to sweat. I began to get a little edgy an old, familiar feeling. No one was paying any attention....
AND THE WOMAN WHO GOT HER HOOKED
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amWhat Paula Froelich accuses me of doing in her story is absolutely true: I did get her hooked on eBay. In fact, I've gotten everyone I know addicted. This is...
THE THIN MAN - STARRING REV. AL
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amREV. AL is a free man once more. A thin free man. And never can he be called selfish or self-promoting again. Not after his selfless jailhouse hunger strike saved...
WHAT GALL STONES!
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S bad enough when the first wife gets a diamond so small it could pass for a stem cell, while the second wife - usually the younger, hipper, thinner version...
PALATIAL DECISION
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amIT was big, big news last week when it was revealed that maybe, just maybe, England's queen (Elizabeth, not Boy George) will finally allow her son Prince Charles to marry...
CRASS ACT
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amSO what can you expect if you're a girl from (yes, God forbid) Kansas who takes off for Hollywood with high hopes and a reel featuring your acting talents as...
SNAIL MAIL CALL
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amFROM Feuress zu Mike: "Dear Managing Editor . . . You should tell Ms. Stasi to legally change her family name to some nice American family name so as not...
UN$TOPPABLE MORGY: 82-YR.-OLD STILL STUFFS COFFERS IN 1-MAN RUN
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amHe's 82 years old, yet he's seeking another four-year term. He's unopposed, yet he's collected a whopping $641,354 in campaign contributions - and is raising more. Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau's...
TOP COP: BETTER TO QUIT THAN BOW TO AL
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHE bottom-line reason Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has announced he won't remain the city's top cop when Rudy Giuliani leaves office can be summed in three words: Rev. Al Sharpton....
CHARITABLE SALUTE TO COPTER VICTIMS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe devastated friends of five Brooklyn tourists killed in a Grand Canyon helicopter crash will turn their grief into goodwill by carrying out charitable works in their memory. Tomorrow, a...
ACTOR BLAKE 'MOVES' TO DENY RUMOR HE'LL SCRAM
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amRobert Blake set the rumor mills in motion last week when he moved a truckload of belongings out of his Los Angeles home - but the embattled actor is apparently...
BODY THICKENS THE PLOT ON 'SEAGULL' TICKET LINE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTheater-lovers waiting on line for free tickets to the Central Park production of "The Seagull" had front-row seats to a real-live police drama yesterday - the discovery of a dead...
VICTORY IN A NEW YORK MINUTE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. FOR cheerleaders, the Florida Little League team yesterday had about two dozen moms shaking pompoms and plastic bottles filled with pennies. The Bronx Baby Bombers had Ed Lebron,...
COPS BUST GLASS-TOSS COMEDIAN
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTake my fingerprints - please! Comedian A.J. Johnson was arrested last night for an unfunny standup routine: tossing a glass at a 38-year-old woman while he was tossing out one-liners...
THE SKINNY ON REV. AL: HE'S HUNGRY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amDown to his "fighting weight" thanks to his jailhouse hunger strike, the Rev. Al Sharpton squeezed in some quality chow-time yesterday during his first full day out of prison. "It...
DOG DAY OF SUMMER FOR HERO POOCHES
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amA pair of dogs will get a heroes' welcome today when they return home from a trip to North Carolina, where they helped save a pair of Staten Island sisters...
FERRER SKIPS OUT ON REV. AL
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral hopeful Fernando Ferrer stuck to Al Sharpton's side yesterday morning at a Harlem rally - but didn't show up as planned for a press conference about the reverend's political...
TWO TRAGEDIES IN MIDEAST CLASHES
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A Palestinian gunman was killed and a 7-month-old baby seriously wounded in separate shootouts with Israeli forces yesterday as terrorists vowed new suicide attacks. The baby was injured...
A PERFECT START: BRONX'S KID LEFTY FIRES NO-NO IN SERIES OPENER
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The kids from Florida never saw a hurricane like Danny Almonte. The fireballing left-hander put his name in the Little League World Series record book by pitching...
'95 VICTIMS TELLS TALE OF 'NET SEDUCTION
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amFrank Kufrovich was a chameleon. Depending on who he was talking to online, his interests ranged from pop music to paperbacks. When the conversation was with 13-year-old Katherine Tarbox of...
RING FROM BING IN HURLEY'S FUTURE?
August 19, 2001 | 4:00am"Austin Powers" stunner Liz Hurley may soon put her swinging single days behind her and marry multimillionaire Steve Bing, a British newspaper reports. "Liz wants to settle down. She wants...
BRIT FOES HIT EX-MTA BOSS WITH OLD RAPS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amA 1980s scandal in which then-Metropolitan Transportation Authority boss Robert Kiley was accused of giving lucrative jobs to pals has come back to haunt Kiley in his current job in...
PAIN AND FEAR LINGER FOR BATTERED STUDENT
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTeenager Ali Khan was beaten so badly in front of Brooklyn's Lafayette HS in June that he missed his Regents exams - and had to attend summer school to catch...
DELIVERYMAN BUSTED IN HOSPITAL SEX ASSAULTS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amA flower deliveryman with a past conviction for sexual assault has been arrested after two attempted sex attacks on patients at Beth Israel North Hospital, police said. Thomas Moore, 47,...
S&M TEEN'S ONE HOPE: SUSPECT'S PLEA DEAL COULD SPARE HER FROM TESTIFYING
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amLong Island cybersex mistress Beth Loschin, charged last week in the S&M torture of a troubled teen, could hold the key to keeping the girl from reliving her harrowing nightmare...
DEADLY SIN OF PRIDE LED CLERIC TO DISGRACE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTO the Italian public, the scandalous Milingo affair is one big joke. But not everybody is laughing. Some who know the disgraced elderly archbishop view the situation not as a...
THE NEW YORK POST FROM AUG. 19, 1958
August 19, 2001 | 4:00am"GROTON, Conn. - The Triton takes to the water today in a floodtide of superlatives. "She's the biggest submarine in the world (unless the Russians have a bigger one under...
BADILLO'S BUD BREAKS BREAD WITH BLOOMY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTHE only Republican leader to publicly stand by Herman Badillo's side secretly met with Badillo's archrival, Michael Bloomberg. State Sen. Guy Velella, the Bronx Republican leader, broke bread with Bloomberg...
SLASHER KILLS 1 IN MIDTOWN
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amOne person was killed and another was injured in a slashing attack on 42nd Street near 8th Avenue this morning, police said. The two were slashed shortly after midnight in...
VICTORIA GOTTI
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amLEAVING children unattended in a room where they have access to the Internet is equivalent to giving them free rein in Central Park after dark to play with gangs and...
TAKING IT ON THE CHIN
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amNOW it can be revealed! The real reason the feds recently admitted that "Chin" Gigante is still running New York's very organized Genovese crime family even though he's stuck in...
TALKAHOLIC POL'S 7G CELL BILL
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTalk may be cheap but, somehow, a Queens legislator has managed to run up monthly bills exceeding $1,000 on his taxpayer-supplied cell phones. Records examined by The Post show that...
THE LOVE HEALER: HOW BISHOP MET HIS WIFE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amArchbishop Emmanuel Milingo may have fallen for his future bride years before his rebellious marriage, when members of the Unification Church referred him to the Korean acupuncturist for treatment. Maria...
COUNCIL SHOPAHOLICS IN TAX-$$ SPENDING SPREE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amCity Council members went on their traditional midyear shopping spree, even though many are term-limited and won't be around to use the equipment they bought. Records show that most legislators...
DOC, 38, DIES WHILE JOGGING
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amA young doctor collapsed and died while jogging in Central Park last week, police said yesterday. Police said Dr. Hassan Naama, 38, a trauma surgeon at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, died...
COLLINS STILL A BATHING BEAUTY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amThis photo of a super-sexy Joan Collins clad in a revealing swimsuit proves she's the sexiest senior citizen alive. Collins, 68, sported the flattering two-piece black-and-white bathing suit last week...
CLEARLY, ERIC WILL ALWAYS BE DAMAGED GOODS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTO DOCTORS, a concussion - or more accurately, "traumatic brain injury" - is equivalent to a mini-death. Six times in his short life, Eric Lindros has suffered that mini-death. The...
HOWARD'S LIKE A ROCK FOR METROS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amAlthough the MetroStars haven't officially sewn up a playoff spot with six games remaining in the regular season, the issue isn't whether they'll qualify, but how far they'll advance. They...
CYCLONE IS NOT LETTING ANYTHING STAND IN HIS WAY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amWHAT you don't do when you're a diabetic is sandwich your insulin shots around your baseball career. Right? I mean, a blood-sugar disorder should slow down most athletes, should bounce...
SNAPPER BLUES REEL FUN FOR KIDS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amWHEN it comes to sportfishing, bluefish have always provided anglers with more excitement pound for pound than any other species. This is a voracious fish that when hungry will strike...
NFL TO KIDS: DON'T DO IT, JUST BUY IT
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amEVERY summer, the NFL shares with the media a "sportsmanship" video that's supposed to be viewed by every player in training camp. This year's is hosted by CBS' Marcus Allen,...
'YER STILL OUT!' - YOGI CAN'T GET OVER JACKIE'S 1955 STEAL
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amSOMEWHERE around 1960, when I was about eight, I was delighted to discover in our home a hard-covered book that recapped the 1955 major league baseball season. I read it,...
EARLY TALKS MIGHT AVERT LABOR STRIFE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amWOULDN'T it make some sense for the NHL and NHLPA to move the World Cup up a year from its scheduled September 2004 date so that it doesn't conflict with...
LIBS HOPE TO SAY THAT'S SOL, FOLKS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amIt is the Sol who came into the series preaching defense. It is the Sol who have the league's Defensive Player of the Year. It was the Sol who finished...
LINDROS HAD BETTER BE ALERT - EX-FLYER COULD BE TARGET
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amJUST a thought, but perhaps Wayne Gretzky might want to make sure that Eric Lindros and Scott Stevens skate on the same side when they hit the ice in Calgary...
LOSING IS FUNDAMENTAL - MENTAL MISCUES ARE METS' TRUE DOWNFALL
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The Mets aren't just bad, they are fundamentally bad. And for this, there is no excuse. You can talk about not having Alex Rodriguez. You can talk...
APTITUDE GUNNING FOR SARATOGA WIN
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Bobby Frankel came into this weekend loaded for bear, running horses in five different graded stakes. Today at the Old Spa, he sets his sights on...
CLOCK'S TICKING ON BENNETT
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - As the Giants wait and wait for Sean Bennett to heal and get on the field, there's a growing impatience that the off-injured running back may...
FLUTE HITS HIGH NOTE - RUNS AWAY WITH ALABAMA AT SPA
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The love affair between a man and his horse was consummated yesterday at the Old Spa when trainer Bobby Frankel's Flute ran a hole in the wind...
MET OPEN HEADS FOR BETHPAGE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF Maybe this year's Met Open should be called the Wide Open. Thirteen former Met Open champions will be gunning for defending champion Mike Gilmore when the 86th edition...
WOODS TURNS INTO PAPER TIGER
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amDULUTH, Ga.-There was a moment yesterday when you thought Tiger Woods just might become a serious contender for the 83rd PGA Championship. Woods, starting the day at even par, birdied...
FLA. MANAGER TOASTS WITH SOUR GRAPES
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT - Shame on Florida. Little League is supposed to be about sportsmanship and doing your best and giving credit when it's due. It's a time to drink in all...
SOMETHING SPECIAL - KICK, PUNT COVERAGE GIVES FERRARA SHOT
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Action. Whistle. An angry coach. "Frankie, stay off the quarterback!" Action. Whistle. An angrier coach. "Dammit, Frankie, don't tackle the runner!" Frank Ferrara is in the house. This...
CALC LOCK-SOLID FOR RYDER SPOT
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amPGA NOTES DULUTH, Ga. - Mark Calcavecchia is a lock to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team after shooting a 66 yesterday to go 5-under heading into today's final round....
TOMS HAS ACE UP SLEEVE - MICKELSON TWO BACK AT ATLANTA
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amDULUTH, Ga. - Phil Mickelson was hoping to put some distance between himself and the rest of the field. If only winning a major could be that easy. Instead of...
RANGERS IN NO HURRY TO ADD HULL TO LINDROS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amWhile the Rangers will be filling uniform No. 88 with Eric Lindros' formidable torso at a Garden press conference tomorrow, you are advised to at least postpone the stitching of...
JETER'S TIME OF YEAR - WHEN HEAT'S ON, MR. CLUTCH JUST GETS HOTTER
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amIN YEARS past, a Mariner-Yankee series would contain a delicious side story - the personal battle between Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter. This time around the best we get is...
REVENGE OF M'S - LILLY, YANKS SINK TO DEPTHS VS. MARINERS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amA familiar feel enveloped Yankee Stadium yesterday, from the pregame ceremony with a Yankee great to the nail-biting ninth-inning climax. While a sellout crowd of 55,294 charged the atmosphere, an...
TORRE BEING CAUTIOUS WITH EL DUQUE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Orlando Hernandez threw yesterday, and everything went fine. But manager Joe Torre said the Yankees won't make a decision on the DL'd righty until they see how he...
HALL'S SHOWING PLENTY OF LEG
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES The star of last night's game was kicker John Hall, who after a maligned 2000 season, has looked terrific this summer. Hall was responsible for nine of the...
NELSON'S PUMPED BY WIN OVER BOMBERS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amJeff Nelson didn't try to deny his emotions, or hide the truth behind cliches about every game being the same. Some mean more than others, and watching him pump his...
ROBIN LOOKS BETTER AS BAT-MAN
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Nobody is yet going to say that Robin Ventura is back to his early season form, but at least he looked a little better in...
THE WEST IS YET TO COME - JETS' NEW OFFENSE LOOKS SHAKY IN WIN OVER SUPER CHAMPS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amJets 16 - Ravens 3 When it was over, the Jets had defeated the reigning Super Bowl-champion Ravens, 16-3, last night at Giants Stadium, and the smiles on the players'...
BANGED-UP ROBIN DINGED AGAIN
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Robin Ventura has denied anything major has been physically wrong with him. But he's admitted to being bruised. Last night, he left the game in...
WIN ENDS MET SKID AT SEVEN
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amMets 5 - Dodgers 4 LOS ANGELES - The Mets' season has been reduced to avoiding new lows. Last night, they did this in their exciting 5-4 win over the...
DAVE HAS HIS DAY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amThere were times when waiting for Dave Winfield Day at Yankee Stadium would be like waiting for hell to freeze over. But yesterday the Yanks had a love-fest for Winfield,...
DESI SAYS HE'S A REGULAR GUY
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES LOS ANGELES - There is no everyday position yet for Desi Relaford with the Mets, but Relaford agrees with Bobby Valentine in thinking he's ready. Valentine came out...
THE WEST IS YET TO COME: JETS' NEW OFFENSE LOOKS SHAKY IN WIN OVER SUPER CHAMPS
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amJets 16 Ravens 3 The Jets are boasting their own version of the West Coast offense this season, a system that's supposed to carry them to great heights. After last...
HERE COMES MR. JORDAN: JETS HOPING THAT ROOKIE CAN GIVE CURTIS SOME HELP
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amAs the Jets and Ravens entered last night's preseason game at Giants Stadium, the Jets were a team looking to relieve the pressure from their feature back and Baltimore was...
THE HEART OF TEXAS: CHRIS SIMMS IS ALREADY A GIANT IN LONE STAR STATE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amAUSTIN - The eyes of Texas are upon him. They are the eyes of children, who have interrupted Chris Simms for autographs while he was lifting weights. They are the...
WILL THE REAL CRASH DAVIS STAND UP? THE TRUE STORY OF THIS CHARACTER IS NO "BULL"
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amTurns out there is more to Crash Davis than just a name dreamed up by "Bull Durham" writer and director Ron Shelton. There's a real person who also believes in...
TORRE BEING 'CAUTIOUS' WITH EL DUQUE
August 19, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES There's no news on the Orlando Hernandez front. El Duque was expected to throw yesterday and everything appeared to be fine, but Joe Torre said the club "will...